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Why join? First and foremost COBA exists to support The Building Industry & assure economic stability for the community. Joining COBA utilizes resources that you wouldn't normally have on your own. We promote & support policies that directly affect the industry which could help keep cost down for the builders/subs and in turn keep home prices down for the community. Take advantage of our many money savings benefits and utilize us for advertising! In many instances, members will save the cost of membership within the first few months! We want to help save you money, educate, support and assure that our industry is stable for the entire community. If you live, work or build in Central Oregon you should be a COBA Member!
Your Membership Includes:
Representation for your company and the building industry before government and in the community
- Promote & support policies that make housing/building a local, state and national priority
- Monitor proposed legislation, fees, regulations and code requirements that affect the industry
- Support affordability, balance, and choice in home ownership options
- The "Voice of and for Housing" in the local media
- Political Action (Voluntary)
- Central Oregon Small Business Political Action Committee
Industry Information and Education
- Online Continuing Education is FREE for members (except state mandated courses)
- Weekly E-Newsletter includes regular Safety & Wellness topics; local, state and business announcements
Full Plan/ Print Center & Online Bid System
- Submit & respond to bids in one place – w/24 hour access
- Full set printing starting at $1.00 – *discounted member pricing for prints
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Quality networking opportunities to promote yourself and your company in the industry
- Monthly Member Network Events
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Participate in COBA Signature Events
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Organic produce isn't always better, argues the Los Angeles Times' Russ Parsons. The organic versus conventional debate is more complex than it seems. Eugenia Bone teaches us about canning and preserving food in small batches. Plus, sommelier Stacie Hunt tells us about new wines from some very interesting producers. The wines are included in two wine flights Stacie put together for Good Food subscribers. And Amelia Saltsman shares a recipe for Eggplant Caviar.
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The Basic Science of Organic Gardening in Alaska
By: Kate Powers | 28 April, 2014 | 4590 Views
How you can make a simple shift toward organic production
Guest Post by GeorgeAnn Sprinkle, Alaska Community Action on Toxics
There is a common misperception among beginning gardeners that organic gardening means that you don't put anything to the soil where you grow your plants and vegetables, you just let them grow. However, organic production is based on a system that is just the opposite. Organic growing encourages constant input into the garden which maintains and replenishes the soil's ability to provide nutrients for plant growth without the use of toxic pesticides and fertilizers. Growing your organic bounty does not exclude the use of fertilizer; the process just looks different than using chemical fertilizers.
Fertilizer is any substance added to soil or water to increase crop productivity. This could be manure, compost or any combination of nitrates. To keep your Alaskan veggies big and healthy, and ensure a productive yield from your garden you must fertilize. When we grow and harvest food, the soil is giving us loads of nutrients and we must replenish them. In the wild where no harvest takes place, the old plants and fruits decompose which rebuilds the soil and continues to nurture the plants.
Starting to grow organically can be a simple shift, buying the fertilizers labeled "organic", and it can also be a lifestyle change as many of the solutions to bigger and better produce come from a systematic approach to managing and understanding your soil. This can take some patience as you build up your soil through a few seasons, allowing natures' decomposition and nutrient cycles to do their magic.
You have to put as many nutrients back into the soil as you take out. This will require some research as some plants require more than others, while some plants give back. There are many methods that organic gardeners use to fertilize their garden.
- Learn how to build high quality compost and apply it to your garden
- Utilize organic amendments and fertilizers; Whitney Farms, available at Alaska Mill and Feed has high quality organic compost and other non-toxic fertilizers such as blood meal, bone meal, guano, and kelp meal. Far North Garden Supply also has organic fertilizer for both soil and hydroponic setups
- Apply manures; – horse, cow, chicken are good but also need to decompose at least a year before applying to the garden. That said, it is not uncommon for people to bury hot or fresh manure 8" to a foot under garden soil to help extend the growing season. As the manure rots, it heats the soil around it, raising the soil temp and creating an environment toasty and warm for crops that are more suited for warmer climate such as corn and tomatoes.
- Rotate your crops (even in a small home garden) and plant nitrogen fixers such as peas.
- Water with fish emulsion
- Practice "No Till' in your garden, disturbing only the area necessary for planting while leaving the rest of the bed undisturbed. Conventional till practices causes soil compactions leading to reduced water retention, organic material (available nutrients), biodiversity, and increases soil erosion.
You can learn more about organic gardening processes by taking a soil workshop Bigger, Better, Lusher Gardens: Organic Growing through Soil Science April 26th and 27th 10am-3pm for more info email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 222-7714
Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) is a statewide environmental health and justice organization established in 1997.
Our mission is to assure justice by advocating for environmental and community health. We believe that everyone has the right to clean air, clean water, and toxic-free food.
We help communities implement effective strategies to limit their exposure to toxic substances and to protect and restore the ecosystems that sustain them and their way of life.
We work to eliminate the production and release of harmful chemicals by industry and military sources, ensure the public's right-to-know, achieve policies based on the precautionary principle, and support the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Kate Powers, Co-Founder
Despite having her easy bake oven confiscated from her for questionable experiments, Kate Powers still convinced her Dad to let her continue to bake and cook without recipes. She loves cooking meals for her friends and family, she particularly loves cooking Latin American cuisine, especially Central American and Spanish food where she has been lucky enough to live and study. Kate has a particular interest in immigration and refugee resettlement issues, as well as farm and labor rights. She can make perfect duck egg omelettes, just ask her about it.


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Fabbri has participated to the 64th IBA Meeting in Sofia.
One week, around 500 bartenders, cocktails and news: this is the IBA Congress and World Cocktail Championship, a showcase of global bartending talent and a hub of innovation and inspiration.
Following the success of South Africa in 2014, this year the 64th IBA Meeting has taken place in Sofia from 10-15 October.
The congress is really interesting, six categories has been contested: Before Dinner Sparkling Long Drink After Dinner Flairtending Bartenders' Choice
An amazing opportunity not just to see the world's greatest bartenders in action but even to know everything about the latest tendencies in the field of beverage.
A real hub of innovation.
Fabbri is really proud to be part of one of the biggest beverage event!
Participate in the international challenge and win the title of Fabbri Brand Ambassador 2016
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Social Clubs
Open Sight has a network of clubs and groups across the County which offer an opportunity to meet and socialise with other visually impaired people in the area. Our clubs are managed by trained volunteers who organise meetings, outings, entertainment and provide a friendly and caring environment for their members. Transport to the clubs is usually available.
Sight loss can often mean isolation and spending long hours alone at home. But it doesn't have to, our clubs can get you out and about, making new friends and new memories.
Listed below are the existing social groups, feel free to come along!
For any queries regarding social clubs please contact Terry Smith on 02380 646 377.
Aldershot Social Club When: Every 3rd Monday in the Month. 2pm to 4pm.
Closed January.
Where: Holy Trinity Church Lounge, Windsor Way, Aldershot, GU11 1SJ
Alton Social Club When: 3rd Monday of the Month. 2.30pm - 4.15pm.
Where: 3rd Alton Scout Den, Chawton Park Road, Alton, GU34 1RQ.
Andover Social Club When: 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the Month. 2pm to 4pm.
Closed August and over Christmas.
Where: St. Ann's Hall, Suffolk Road, Andover, SP10 2JD. Basingstoke Social/Craft Club When: Every other Thursday in the month. 1pm to 4pm.
Where: Kempshott Village Hall, Pack Lane, Basingstoke, RG22 5HN. Eastleigh Social Club When: 1st & 3rd Monday of the month. 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
and 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. 2pm to 4pm.
Closed August.
Where: Wells Place Centre, Eastleigh, SO50 5LJ. Fareham Social Club When: Last Wednesday of the month. 2pm to 4pm.
Where: St. Columbia Church Hall, Hilson Drive, Fareham, PO15 6PF. Farnborough Club When: 2nd and 4th Monday of the month. 2pm to 4pm.
Closed August.
Where: Blunden Hall, Blunden Road, Farnborough, GU14 8QP. Gosport Social Club When: 4th Tuesday of every month. 2pm to 4pm.
Where: Salvation Army Hall, Crossways, Gosport, PO12 4RH. Hayling Island Social Club When: Alternate Mondays. 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
Closed August.
Where: Community Centre, Station Road, West Town, Hayling Island, PO11 0HB. Locks Heath Social Club When: 1st Monday of the month. 2pm to 4pm.
Where: St Marys Hook Church Hall, 109 Church Road, Warsash, Southampton, SO31 9GF New Milton Social Club When: 4th Wednesday of the month. 2.30pm to 4.15pm.
Closed August.
Where: Bashley Village Hall, New Milton, BH25 5RY. Portchester Social Club When: 1st Thursday in month 2pm to 4pm
Where: Methodist Church Hall, Castle Street, Portchester, PO16 9PS.
Romsey Social Club When: Every Wednesday. 1.45pm to 3.45pm.
Closed August and over Christmas.
Where: Community Lounge Romsey School, Greatbridge Road, Romsey, SO51 8ZB. Stubbington Social Club When: Every 3rd Thursday of the month. 2pm to 4pm.
Where: Crofton Court, Bells Lane, Stubbington, PO14 2BL.
Waterlooville Social Club When: Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. 2pm to 4pm.
Closed August.
Where: The Lodge, Lavender Road, Waterlooville, PO7 8BX. Wickham (Meon Valley) Social Club When: 3rd Friday of the month.
Where: Houghton Room, Wickham Community Centre, Mill Lane, Wickham, PO17 5AL


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The Gallery 4 presents "Dwellings" Little Worlds by Ryder Henry
EXTENDED! "Dwellings" Little Worlds by Ryder Henry NOW through February 22nd
"A scheduling movement in our calendar has allowed us to extend this beautiful exhibition through February. If you haven't seen this remarkable exhibit featuring miniatures created using found materials and oil paintings depicting the tiny handmade worlds; you're in luck! If you have viewed the exhibit, you can look forward to 3 new additional pieces!"
"Dwellings" opens Saturday, January 4th, 2014 and runs through Saturday, January25th, 2014 at The Gallery 4 (206 S.Highland Ave, Shadyside, 412-363-5050). The opening reception will take place Saturday, January 4th, 2014 from 7-11PM and will be opened to the general public with complimentary refreshments and hors d'oeuvres provided by The Gallery 4. The Gallery 4 is open Tuesday through Saturday 1pm- 8pm .
The Gallery 4 is very pleased to welcome Ryder Henry. Though his work has been featured throughout Pittsburgh at places like The Mattress Factory, Bloomfield's Boxheart Gallery, Lawrenceville's WildCard, and the Three Rivers Arts Festival; Ryder's work first caught the attention of The Gallery 4 at our 2013 Annual Salon Show. Henry is a Pittsburgh-based painter and sculptor best known for his intricate, futuristic model buildings and spacecrafts. Ryder grew up in varied locales: Austin, TX; Beverly Hills, CA; Ann Arbor, MI; Paris, France; Beirut, Lebanon; and Limassol, Republic of Cypress. These travels are reflected in Henry's artwork: snapshots of trans-metropolitan landscapes and mixed architectures brought back from a retro space age. In both the paintings and the models, buildings range from clean Space Needle towers to gritty-looking industrial blocks, from tiered tenements to old Victorians lifted straight out of the East End.
A remarkable feature of all of the miniatures is there construction from found materials - primarily castoff packaging and cardboard. Boxes of food products/computer stuff, plumbing wares, car parts, and bathroom needs. The windows are cut from that clear plastic which formerly served to house lettuce, basil, and tech parts. While most of the material used in his models is recycled cardboard, the artist adds sawdust, model shrubbery, and paint to augment the designs.
Each structure is crafted with all the subtleties in repetition and the illusion of wear and tear and overgrowth, further transporting the viewer to an inhabited world - albeit engineered. This concept is accelerated in Henry's depiction of fanciful sci-fi inspired spaceships and satellites. Calling to mind traditional handicrafts and playthings, the pieces are sturdy and are intended to be handled. Visually stunning as dynamic fully lighted sculptures - the spacecraft delight the imagination as they appear as toys from a far off dream realm.
Beyond the fantastic, in these intricately crafted pieces, a very real and beautiful story is revealed: discarded fragments of the recent past are synthesized into lively vignettes of a compelling future.
Ryder Henry, on his works:
"I'm inspired by the current urban environment and the current...fantasy/space ideas, and combining those two — combining existing conditions with fantasy."
The Gallery 4 is committed to redefining the nature of a conventional gallery. We feature works from a variety of national artists and local talent. We also carry a variety of limited edition toys and clothing. Fine art should be within the reach of everyone, and at The Gallery 4 we are making this a reality.
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When you home is up for foreclosure, you will come across many ways to stop this process. The best is to face the situation by going to your lender because he can offer you solid advice and help lighten the situation. In this article, Samuel Schwartz, a co-founding partner of one of the largest bankruptcy attorneys Las Vegas firm, gives insight on what you can do to save your house from foreclosure.
Most people thing the lender is the last person to talk to about financial problems. They find it embarrassing and fear what the outcome might be. Others don't see why exactly they should talk it over with the lender. It is time we should understand that when a lender is aware of your financial status this makes him lenient and can help save your home.
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You may have been led to think that he lender only wants what is best for him and does not care about your situation. Some people state that the moment you miss your payments the lender will immediately rush to file a foreclosure report. This notion leads us to believe that a lender is your enemy and has no … Read More


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Gala opening of the new RBPI Group farm construction in Ermakovo village
On September 12, the opening ceremony of the construction of Pravdinskoye Pig Production 2 was held in the village of Ermakovo, Kaliningrad Region.
Socially responsible business: LLC "Kornevo" allocated 300 thousand rubles for charity
LLC "Kornevo", a company of the RBPI Group, held an action, in which grants received three budget organizations of the Guryevsky district of Kaliningrad region.
RBPI Group has become a sponsor of the youth football team "Lava" of Pravdinsky district
RDIF and RBPI Group, a subsidiary of CP Group, with the support of the government of Kaliningrad region will construct a plant for utilization of biowaste
New film: "21st Century Pig Farm"
For those who want to know more about our pig farms, we made a new reportage: "Pig Far21st Century m".
Prize winner of the "Businessman of the year 2016"
The CEO of LLC "NNPP" Mr Thomas Norgaard became a prize winner of the "Businessman of the year 2016" in the category "Efficient investments" in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
New breeding farm in Kaliningrad region
LLC "NNPP" received compartment 3 and continues close cooperation with Rosselkhoznadzor on increasing biological safety of our pig farm
New pig farm will be constructed in Bolshemurashkino area
In the village Kluchishchi was laid the first foundation stone of the new pig farm
Charity Event
Annually, beginning from 2007, JSC "Pravdinsk Pig Production" holds a charity event by making allocations for social needs to non-profitable government-funded organizations and institutes
RBPI Group will build one more pig farm in Nizhny Novgorod region
The governor of Nizhny Novgorod region Veleriy Shantsev and the CEO of LLC "NNPP" (in assembly with RBPI Group) Thomas Norgaard have signed a construction agreement of a pig farm for 6 000 sows in Bolshemurashkinsky district.


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You build a house, I build an image. You take a look of what you've build, I take a video that helps you see more. Impress your buyers at the very first sight by giving them an opportunity to see how does the house looks above the ground. Let them see surroundings of the new house. Emphasize the advantages with a help of high quality footage.
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As simple as it may sound, it's something that we all need to become better at. As a business professional, regardless of your field it is important to learn how to say NO to opportunities that will hinder your business in the future.
How do you know if something will hinder your business in the future? Here's some key things to look out for:
1. It will be documented
In our current day and age, that means almost everything. However, if something is being recorded or published on a website, you need to be mindful of how you are representing yourself and/or your business. For example, if you want to be a publicist you should probably think twice about being the random hood chick in that music video for your homeboy that lives in the neighborhood. The videos will come back to haunt you, and as a publicist you want to ensure that you are being taken seriously.
2. It doesn't align with your morals
Period. There is no such thing as "business is business" and "personal is personal." They each go hand in hand, and as soon as you get the hang of this, you will make progress toward being a better professional. For example, I am not a fan of reality television. Yes, I watch Love and Hip Hop, but even then it doesn't feel right. I say that to say, that if I was presented with an opportunity to interview Draya or Joseline for example. I wouldn't, because it's not something that I agree with morally.
3. It will burn bridges
As an entrepreneur, artist, student whatever field you're in. It is important to not burn any bridges, especially ones that could potentially affect your business. Avoid hanging with the wrong people, learn what a person's reputation is before you decide to kick it with them. Know all that you need to know, and make sure that you are cordial with everyone, because you never know who will be your future business partner. It's nothing worse than burning a bridge that you have to cross over later. Don't do it.
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text: Aside from their lack of long hair, large shorts or spandex, Glassjaw could never be your typical metal band thanks to the distinctive vocals of singer Daryl Palumbo. On their debut album he swoops from roar to falsetto in the blink of a verse. EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SILENCE is a startling debut release from such a young band. Despite being signed to Roadrunner, Glassjaw tread a path more hardcore than metal.They exhibit a gift for welding fantastic melodic passages with crushingly heavy bursts of musical angst such as on the intense "When One Eight Becomes Two Zeros" or the almost poppy "Ry Ry's Song." The unique vocals are more akin to Jeff Buckley or Radiohead rather than Korn or Limp Bizkit. EYEWTKAS is a personal album dripping with anger and self-loathing. Difficult to categorise and impossible to provide comparisons, it is all the stronger for its individuality. This is a refreshing and challenging release that should mark the start of great things for Glassjaw.


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Thursday, January 14, 2016
In A Lonely Place
I just finished this book this morning, I had heard about the movie on the podcast
You Must Remember This
in the episode about actress Gloria Graham. It sounded interesting, so I checked it out, when I found out that it was a based on a book I looked a bit further into it and found out that there was a lot of differences from the book to the movie, and I was interested to see what they were. I'be read several books from the time period that this was written in but none were as adult as this with the expection of
The Postman Always Rings Twice
. Looking back and comparing the two, I am finding it hard to decide which I liked better, since they are so different. I liked the style that Dorothy B. Hughes wrote in and am interested to read some of her other books to see how they compare.
So this leaves me with what book to read next, it's between two choices, and I think that I'll read the first chapter of each and see which hooks me quicker.
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text: In the wake of Hurricane Maria, mainland schools like this one in Florida are seeing an influx of Puerto Rican students. AP Photo/John Raoux November 18, 2017 Will Puerto Ricans return home after Hurricane María? Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Pennsylvania State University A demographer at Penn State surveyed Puerto Ricans on the mainland to see if they had plans to return to the island.


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Blacks Ladders - Esgate Pass on Elphinstone Plateau - 26 November 2014
All images © David Noble. No image can be used for any purpose without permission.
Party - Bob, Dave
Bob and myself had set off to do this walk on a few other occasions - but had been thwarted by bad weather. So it was good to finaly complete it! This walk lies just below the cliffs of the Radiata Plateau at Katoomba. The plateau is subject to development proposals which will threaten the bushland. Part of the plateau has some radiata pines, but a lot it good native bushland. There are some rare plants also - such as the
Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii
— the Dwarf Mountain Pine found in some of the gullies. The conservation proposal also suggests changing the name of the plateau to Elphinstone Plateau in honour of Charles Elphinstone - an early conservationist.
Above - Prostrate Persoonia (
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Above - On the cliffs above Blacks Ladders
Above - Bob at the pass
Above - Bob reading the logbook at Blacks Ladders
Above - after the ladders, it is a fairly long walk around the base of the cliffs to Esgate Pass
Above - we saw lots of rock climbs along the way
Above - Bob on the chains at Esgate Pass
We had lunch at the top of the pass and then walked back along the plateau back to the car. Along the way - was a short detour to a nice lookout.
Above - Boars Head, Narrow Neck and Mt Solitary
Above - Looking towards Nellies Glen
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Phone: 1 563 5892000
No. employees: 2,022
Turnover: 465.68 (US$m)
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Written by: Emily Wagner
The silent resolve. The ability to endure setbacks and accomplish a long-term goal, with a bigger picture in mind. It is often a very quiet characteristic that is sometimes not even realized until you are years ahead looking back. In psychology, grit is termed as both a positive and non-cognitive trait in humans, as a "set of skills which falls outside the traditional definitions of intelligence," discussed here by Dr. Brian Davidson. In other words, grit is an ability that cannot be taught, but rather the capacity to keep fighting long after you feel defeated.
But, does having grit trump talent or intelligence? According to National Geographic it does. As discussed in this article, Research Psychologist Angela Duckworth has made a mission out of teaching her students the importance of how grit and self-control hold more value in life than talent and IQ. In her teachings, she has even begun to formulate measurements of grit and hard work in life and predicting the outcomes. "It's so simple," she says, "that it's hard to explain."
Regina Hartley's famous TED Talk, Why the Best Hire Might Not Have the Perfect Resume, adds to the thoughts above when she discusses how the "scrapper" may very well be the better hire when compared with Ivy League candidates with perfect resumes. Regina describes the correlation between success and personal hardships, leading to employees with more grit and abilities to transform in "post-traumatic growth" scenarios. Studying highly successful leaders and entrepreneurs, she debates why individuals who have been faced with life difficulties and because of this adversity, they turn these experiences into the "muscle and grit required to become successful" make the better hires. When faced with the decision, she advises, "Choose the underestimated contender, whose secret weapons are passion and purpose," she says. "Hire the Scrapper."
Beyond Angela and Regina's stories, there are so many more examples and theories to lend strength to the argument. But why is it that in mainstream business today, grit appears to be so underrated in leadership discussions? You see articles hailing leaders ability to coach teams and inspire success, to raise revenue and develop strategy, but rarely do you hear, "what a great boss, so much grit". While in reality, having "grit" is at the core of almost every distinct characteristic making a modern and successful leader.
So, in an ode to the gritty and persistent workers out there (or those hoping to be), here are 4 qualities that help make great leaders and why grit is the foundation for each of them.
Grit and loyalty go hand in hand, they represent an honor of commitments, whether to another person, an objective, or just a tangible/intangible goal. Being a loyal employee and leader is a place where quitting is not an option and where the individual sees no other alternative to success than sticking it out and standing by what or who they have aligned themselves and their goals with.
Grit breeds resilience naturally, especially when no one else can see or believe in your vision at first. The ability to push on without the ability visualize the end result and feel okay with the idea that you might, and at some point probably will, fall on your face and ultimately get up, dust yourself off and keep trying.
Sound Decision Making Abilities
Most often individuals who have the mental ability to truly persevere tough, sometime very drawn out obstacles on their way to a long-term goal are very sound of mind and decision making. They don't flee when things get tough and the urge is strong or even overwhelming, rather they are able to view an "ebb" in work life as situational and not a permanent state, keeping emotions in check.
Making Tough Calls
Every leader, good or bad, will have to make tough, often unpopular calls at some point in their career. And in time, these types of looming challenges that sometimes appear to be constant battles can make people run and seek an easy way out. By having grit, you have a better ability to bear down and not let the difficult tasks steal your energy and passion for the results.
With all of that said, it is important to note that there is still a difference between having grit to persist and holding onto something too long. Ignoring your internal dialogue and gut feelings telling you it is time to move on can be equally as detrimental as not having the grit to weather career or job lulls. You must learn to recognize where the line is drawn between walking away and staying just to prove your loyalty after all other reasons are gone. And that line may be a very fine line and not obvious for a novice.
You must know yourself well and recognize how you react to situations to determine where that line is because at the end of the day having grit is more than simply resolving to be a hard worker, but the foundation of how you will work and what you put energy into for a long, enduring career.


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Top Ten Tuesday is, as usual, hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This time it is all about halloween! Either covers or a TBR, I chose covers.
The Benny Imura series by Jonathan Maberry
There is something about these covers! So this series is about a zombie-apocalypse, if you do not get a job by the time you turn fifteen, your rations get cut in half, and then something happens! I have had these on my TBR-list for quite a while now... I love reading about zombies!
The Anna series by Kendare Blake
I love these covers! When I saw the cover for Anna dressed in blood I knew I HAD to read it, but of course I could not - my local library had not bought the book. But I read it recently and OH MY GOD I really liked the duology! It was really good!
The Monstrumologist series by Rick Yancey
This series is different and very intriguing. It is beautifully written and it is just an amazing idea. The fourth one just came out... So hopefully I am getting it soon, I am thinking about buying all of them....
That was my top ten, what are the most scary looking cover according to you?


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I asked two friends to help deliver this message, almost as a sort of Christmas play. Each one took the part of one of the wise men. We sat in chairs facing each other and held a conversation, as follows:
It has been my quest since birth, the epitome of all purpose in my life. It is the thing most longed for—the greatest of all my desires. It is not money, although it can bring great wealth. It is not fame, although fame may follow in its discovery. Not happiness, not pleasure, not peace—no, not even the love of my closest relations is the object of my quest. In my quest, I have accumulated great knowledge. I have traveled land and sea—I have read the greatest philosophers, and the writings of the most ancient scholars. But my quest is for more than knowledge My quest is far deeper than to acquire mere information—my quest is a quest for the meaning of life itself. A quest for the truest quality of all that is knowledge, applied in my life, belief, understanding, and experience, and wrought out in every action of life. Mine is a quest for wisdom—and more than anything else, I would be a true wise man.
Many say they are seeking wisdom, but few truly get close to their object. So many fall into the trap of seeking the lesser things—knowledge, pleasure, happiness, money, and relationships that come and go. So many fall short in this quest, and but few stay on this road to wisdom. I have spent days and nights without end in search of this quest, but the more I attain to my object, the further I find myself from my goal. I see myself as a child, playing on the shores of a vast ocean of knowledge. Somewhere in that vast ocean lies wisdom. I must go and find it.
Ah true, but you already have great knowledge. Kings and peasants alike come to you for counsel. Your advice is sought by the highest men of the land. I, too, long to be a wise man. Why do you speak as though Wisdom is so far from your attainment?
Yes, true, I may have some knowledge. But as I have said, Knowledge and Wisdom may be friends, but they are not one in the same.
Yes, true. But remember our miraculous encounter?
Yes, the encounter. The encounter that changed our lives…
Yes, the encounter that defined wisdom in a whole new light.
It all started with the star...
No, let's back up—before the star. You see, for a long time we have been searching for the true wisdom. Thinking about deep questions that nobody has been able to answer. Questions like, "where did we all come from?" "Is there intelligent life beyond the horizon of this earth?"
Yes—I specialized my study in the study of the sun. Science tells us that the great and magnificent sun is the source of all our life. The greatest scientists have studied all the natural processes on earth, and they all trace their source of energy back to the one great sun! Our philosophers have taught us this. The priests of our land offer sacrifice to the sun. They teach that all the lesser deities are offspring of the sun.
I study astronomy. The stars of heaven are so vast an innumerable. Some are large and bright; others are so small, they can hardly be seen. Some are fixed in their places. Others wonder through the heavens. I've helped to build the charts and mathematical tables to calculate their locations with near-perfect accuracy.
The stars are the one thing we can see, that don't get their light from the sun. The moon and the earth, yes, and the planets – they all are connected together in a most amazing and complex system. But the stars seem to be fixed points of light, far far in the distance. Perhaps they are even suns in their own small universe.
That's just it—if that is so, then our sun can't be the highest deity. Did our sun also give birth to the stars? Where did our sun come from? Can our legends be trusted to tell us the truth? In the ancient writings, we have read about the great God of Heaven, greater than the sun. In these writings, God is the One Who created the sun, moon, and stars, the earth and all of us. Our priests teach that God is like us, but ancient writings are different.
Yes, an ancient prophet from our land wrote:
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Yes, a God who speaks to us, even though we don't acknowledge Him. We had to find out about this Great God, if He exists, and learn more about Him. So, we found the scriptures of the Hebrew people who live far to the west—the most ancient writings in all the world. The great prophet Moses, who lead the Hebrew nation from Egypt to Canaan, wrote much about this great God of Heaven. We read how God created the world, but how we human beings rebelled against Him and sinned. But then, according to these scriptures, God promised to send a Redeemer to save the very people who had rebelled against him!
The Hebrew prophet, Isaiah, heard God speak this message to Israel:
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Yes, so we learned about this great God in heaven, and about His plan to send a redeemer. But when would this happen? Well, we turned to the writings of a great and wise man, a prophet of God who lived here in our own land. Like us, he also was longing for the day when this redeemer would come and save his people. God gave him visions of the future, and God told him exactly when this redeemer would come!
Look—it's written right here in this book:
Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
"Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
Balthazar: (acting as though mentally adding figures)
Seven weeks, that's 49 days, then sixty-two times seven thats 434 days, plus the 49 makes 483 years…
It started at the decree we read about in the history of the kings of Persia, remember? Artaxerxes the great king of Persia wrote the decree, in the seventh year of his reign. That was just over 450 years ago...
Exactly! And the prophecy said it would be 483 years until he would be anointed. A prophet wouldn't be anointed as a child, of course—he would be anointed after he grew to be a man. According to Hebrew custom, a man must be 30 years old before he can be a priest or rabbi. Isaiah says "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel"—God With Us. So we realized that the great deliverer could be born any day.
Yes! And that's precisely when we saw the star. It wasn't any normal star, either. It didn't move through the sky each night with the other stars. It wasn't a planet, either. It was the strangest thing any of us had ever seen. It hung like a bright lamp, right above the horizon.
We went to the palaces and universities, and asked the wisest men of the land—priest and philosophers alike. Nobody could tell us what it was, but we all knew it must mean something important! We searched through the scrolls and ancient writings once again. We found the prophecy of one of our own ancient prophets.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel.
A Scepter signifies a king. Could this star be a harbinger of the promised one?
We were convinced that this must be the fulfillment of the ancient prophecies. Then, one night, I had a dream. In this dream, I was instructed to go in search of the newborn Prince.
Yes—I had a similar dream, too. And it came more than once! We had no idea where we would end up, or how we would ever find him, but we knew by faith that we would find him. We brought with us the richest gifts of our land—Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh—gifts fit for a king. Then at last we set out on our journey.
Since we didn't know where we were going, all we could do was to follow the star. So, we would walk all night long, and rest in the daytime. It was a long trip, for sure, but it really didn't seem so long. We walked over a thousand miles, and it took us several months. We spent the hours reciting the traditional sayings and prophecies about the one we were searching for. Every time we stopped to rest, we opened our scrolls and searched the prophecies again. The more we traveled, the more we were convinced that God was truly guiding us.
The star led us straight to the land of Israel. Just as we saw the city of Jerusalem in the distance, we saw the star hovering over the temple, and then it disappeared. Of course, we hurried into the city, expecting everyone in Jerusalem to be talking about this new-born prince. But we were surprised! When we asked about the child, nobody seemed to know what we were talking about! So, we went to the temple and asked the priests. Surely someone there would know. They seemed as puzzled as the rest. In fact, they seemed a bit upset at our questions, and didn't really want to talk to us at all.
So, we went to King Herod, and told him about our search. He was really nice to us, and seemed more interested than the others in our errand. He told us to search diligently, and to let him know when we found the young prince.
Herod demanded that the priests tell him where the Christ should be born, and they were more helpful to him than to us. They found this prophecy from Micah:
But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
So, as we left Jerusalem, the star appeared again, and brought us to the little village of Bethlehem. There, it led us to the home of a peasant family, with a young child. But despite the humble surroundings, we knew we had made no mistake. Yes, we knew we had found the child king, and we bowed to worship him.
Oh, the joy that filled our hearts! To think, that here before us, in this humble home, was the one whom prophets and worshipers for centuries had longed to see! And we saw him! We saw him with our own eyes, and to this day, this has been our greatest joy! As I laid my wedge of gold before the feet of the lowly child, it seemed such a small offering for the son of a King who rules the universe.
Yes, to worship at his feet was the greatest joy of our lives. It was worth the weary miles, the long nights of searching—it was worth everything to see the longing of our hearts fulfilled. As I presented the fragrant frankincense, the humble abode seemed transformed into the palace of a king.
It felt a little strange to be giving the burial perfume of myrrh to such a young child—but it was the gift for royalty, and I knew from the prophecies that as our redeemer, His life on earth would be cut short.
Yes, I feel that at last, we have found the meaning of true wisdom. Because wisdom is not found in the abundance of knowledge, but in the knowledge of One—the knowledge Him who came to bring peace on earth.
I had another dream, and was warned by God not to go back to King Herod. Why? Because Herod was plotting to kill the child! Oh the wickedness—that men would think to kill the son of God! It was so sad. Our hearts are breaking to think that this child's own people weren't searching for Him. They had all the same scrolls that we have, and more! But they were minding their own business. They didn't even seem to care!
Friend, my question today for you is this: will you care? In all the busyness—in all the hustle and bustle of life, will you take the time to care about the real Christ? Will you study His Word with the same earnestness, as though you have never heard the story before? Would you walk across the desert, or go to a foreign land, to find the Christ child? Are you willing to make whatever sacrifice God is asking of you, in order to come into a deeper relationship Him?
Yes, friends—wise men still seek Him.
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
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When Luka's opened just over a month ago, I was very excited: there is a real dearth of nicer restaurants very close to my office in the Kaiser Center.
so have now been a few times, and am happy to say it is a welcome addition to the neighborhood. Here's my report:
First visit: a friend and I went for a beer and snack after a political event. He travels frequently to Belgium, so wanted to check out the Belgian fries and the beer selection. We shared the fries and the Prince Edward Island mussels, in the marinièr broth (white wine, garlic, butter & shallots). Fries came properly served in a cone. He thought they were good, I thought they needed work, though dipping them in the mussels broth was fun. In any case, the mussels themselves and the pints of duchesse de bourgogne were really great! Service was overly fawning: it was as if the new staff really wanted to impress, a bit too much. At one point I just wanted to ask if they could just leave us to our conversation for five minutes alone!
Second visit: took my son to dinner and to watch the world series. Ate in the bar so we could see the TV. The bar is one aspect I love of the place: it is very friendly, and the clientele is quite diverse in every respect: ethnicity, age, dress, etc. Nice to see.
As for dinner: We both had very nice, well dressed salads to start. The bread they serve reminds me of bolillos from a good Mexico City panaderia. (similar to french rolls). Would like to know the supplier, keep forgetting to ask...My son had the ribeye (trust him to pick the most expensive item on the menu when I am treating :-)), pronounced it very good, demolished it before I could grab a taste, even though it is a very large cut...I had a pork dish (roast loin I think) on special, just a bit dry, but not bad. This time, we had the same servers but by now they have figured things out, and service was friendly and efficient, but not at all obtrusive.
Third visit: lunch with a co-worker yesterday. Wasn't difficult to get a table for two right at noon, but by 12:30 the place was packed! She had the same mussels, and agreed that they were great. I had the burger, which was cooked medium rare just as I asked, juicy, and good. It came with fries, and while these seem to be a bit different than the Belgian fries, they still needed work. Tasted like pre-made to me, and next time I think I will see if I can get some salad greens on the sidea instead. Again, service was very good and quite efficient.
So bottom line: Luka's will now be a regular in my rotation either for a nicer, more upscale lunch or for a spot to meet for drinks or dinner after work. Now, if they could only perfect the fries......
And when work gets to be too much, the website says that happy hour starts at 11 am :-) (see below).


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Parking consistently rates among the top concerns of Glover Park residents, and ANC 3B has worked to alleviate and address problems with lack of parking and parking enforcement. DC Department of Transportation Manager Angelo Rao appeared at the November ANC meeting to hear from residents and to describe ongoing citywide efforts on parking. The Georgetown Current describes the meeting and the discussion.
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My name is V, I do not offend the weak, and I also do not offend the strong and without reason, and still live all the good, forgive offenses but not as described below. The beginning of my career began with a computer club where I earned the first money after school. Here, and began to communicate with people of different layers. Ordinary, "majors" which already at that time went to the new Honda, and this is 2001 and drug addicts, they could communicate normally without going into their business. "Computer boom" is the time when computers began to appear in every family. I decided that I need to change something and went to work for construction, there are a little more earnings, I could even put off about 10-15 UAH. in a month (not much, but something). Construction is very difficult and not very grateful work. But this work gave to see the "world of the builder" from the inside, the experience! I want to note that not all builders consume alcohol (I'm one of them). To the happy occasion, I saw an announcement about the recruitment of managers in a computer store. I came to the interview, talked to the deputy director, who in turn recommended me to take a month with probation. Since I already got the experience of communicating with people in previous works, everything was fine and I was taken to a permanent place. Sales with each month increased for this, some people disliked me (well, what of it, it was still pleasant to communicate with them, to get experience). Computers tried to collect themselves that people would always be happy, many people came to me. Someone on the advice of their friends, friends, relatives, etc. A new manager came who did not want to ride his school of Fabia, but wanted to quickly buy a school octave. And he began his "work", even if you just stood near a new class of computer in the absence of a client and any work, you were fined. So I survived 2 months, with the dismissal of the heads. knowing this said that the owners will understand, stay, we'll settle everything. But I need to move on. July 2004. Public service, that's what I need, I thought. Career growth and this is the main thing! Competition, interviews, test lines 1 month (free of charge), oath. Now I am a specialist in the first category. Then communicate with the team! The head completely introduced the course of work. I really liked the work (communication, there is no uniformity) about this one could only dream, so what, that the salary is clean at the hands of 205 hryvnia. But the collective "bomb" and career growth! Then work: chief specialist, deputy head of the department; a family; chief specialist (central authority). Family - the search for more paid work (unfortunately I do not have connections that give career growth). And finally, a private company of a friend opens, sort of like with prospects and a good salary. Month, the second without employment and "salary" (received 2150, began to receive 2500 minus the depreciation of the car and that about 2000-2100 of course, the hryvnia, it's kind of like not the salary because it worked unofficially). (That's our problem, all taxes are levied on state employees, but from private firms, how lucky)! The director of the company on which I was listed as he could not formalize me for labor (or maybe did not want to formalize me, since I had to pay taxes) offered to formalize me at another company of his friends, and even from the office. a salary of 4000 UAH., What else is necessary, I thought (labor, salary - super). After clarifying whether everything is in order with such an offer, I was assured "everything is in order, I would not offer you"! He believed - a fool. That's how the whole fuss went with the fictitious director. Deceive all people, but someone in small things, but someone in large and their friends, friends, relatives. 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It was the middle of the night and I was lying in bed mid way through a busy week of wildlife, climate change awareness and assisting with running an eco-lodge. My boss has been working 15 hour days, motivated by the positive response of years of his hard work, and about to add three more awards to his vast collection. Suddenly a wild thought came soaring into my head. Last year I was lying in another bed across the world, still in the comfort of my blankets while my boss worked 15 hour days, thriving off of the positive response of the years of his hard work and dedication. It was then that I had to think
"Why was it that I have been working with so many dedicated, award winning people in my field rather than dedicating myself to work and winning awards for my own life long projects?"
My whole life I wanted to change the world. Throughout my schooling, people would always ask what I wanted to do when I left school. My answer was always:
"I want to save the world"
In my young, invincible brain, this seemed like an easy task to achieve. I just work hard, never give up and I will save the world right? Simple.
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At this point I had become too jaded to be invincible anymore.
In just 24 years of trying to understand the world, the environmental processes and all that inhabits this blue planet, I have fallen deeply in love with what I have seen, but deeply saddened at the rate of it's demise. I have paid witness to millions of people on social media supporting people and institutions I now know are causing much pain for wildlife and ecosystems all over the world just because nobody knows what is happening in the real, scary, ugly world, and I don't think anybody wants to. I feel like I keep climbing mountain after mountain and getting to the top and realising that the view is no better here than it was on the ground, but standing there, I just feel exhausted and defeated from the hike up.
I think for now, I can take solace in the fact that there are genuinely good people out there in the world, people who are honestly making great decisions for the fate of species and ecosystems everywhere, not because of external factors, but because they are honest and right. I am young, and I am still learning, and I don't want to work for 15 hours a day because I still want to be able to enjoy the wildlife I am working so hard to protect. If you take just one walk in nature, see one bird, one butterfly or one lizard, you may step out of your closed minded focus for two seconds and understand that you need to not sacrifice yourself, your sanity, your family for something that is not totally in your control.
I cannot save the world myself and neither can either of my two bosses, past or present. But with our combined energy, passions and small smidgens of belief that we have left, maybe we can each make the world a better place in our own niche ways. In the end nature has taught me that it will find a way, if trees can grow in pure rock, I can find the view at the top of the mountain. You never can tell if one journey is ending, or another voyage of discovery is only just beginning.


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I am a longtime fan and admirer of Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund, which she founded in 1973 to improve policies and programs for children.
I am in awe of anyone who can stomp on flames that never seem to burn out. How long can anybody do that?
When the Fayette County Public Schools' Equity Council announced that it is sick and tired of being sick and tired over the number of suspensions of minority, disabled and poor children, over the lack of diversity in our teaching corps, and over the seemingly motionless narrowing of the achievement gap, the first person I thought of was Edelman.
The Equity Council's charge is to advise the school board about the inequities that exist in our public school system. Last week, members reviewed the system's fourth annual equity scorecard, and the results were pitiful.
"We've talked and we've talked and we've talked," council chairman Roy Woods told a Herald-Leader reporter. "We have no forward movement. Programs are out there, but it's not working for all kids."
Brian Hodge, chairman of the council's suspension committee, said in a letter to fellow council members, "We have asked the district for solutions while trying to be patient, and it appears all we get are promises that things are gonna get better, but yet they never do."
That is the same sentiment voiced in 1994, when the board established the council.
Then, the Rev. Dana Jones of Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church, chairman of the Equity Task Force, the precursor to the council, told the board, "I think we have a very serious problem."
That also was the concerns voiced in 2001, when black leaders rallied against public school officials, saying they had "no confidence, no trust" in what officials were doing. Those leaders had five concerns that were getting only lip service, including the achievement gap, suspension rates and personnel diversity.
"Something must be done to address these concerns," the Rev. Bob Brown, a former Equity council member, said in 2001. "We're fighting for survival in this system."
Now, 20 years after the Equity Council was established, the problem remains. Fayette County is not doing right by its children, and the folks leading our schools don't seem to be concerned enough to change that culture.
Twenty years, half the time Edelman has been battling for our children, and the council's frustration level is apparently boiling over.
In her Child Watch Column dated Aug. 29, Edelman could have been talking about Fayette County.
"Everybody in the classroom and teaching children today — when for the first time white students will no longer be the majority in our nation's public schools — needs to be culturally sensitive and culturally trained," Edelman wrote. "This is true for all child-serving institutions. We need to watch out for the subtle as well as the overt ways in which we treat non-white and white children and those who are poor differently."
In that piece, Edelman noted that Terrell Strayhorn, an Ohio State University professor, said at a symposium that his 14-year-old son asked him why he had gotten in trouble for speaking out of turn, but his white female classmate who had done the same thing was praised for being excited about learning.
She said Strayhorn told participants, "There are lots of black and brown boys who are often penalized for committing the same exact act that non-black and non-brown, usually white kids, commit in school — and some students are praised for certain behaviors that other kids are penalized for. It sends a very mixed message, because my son is confused."
Edelman went on to say that other roadblocks to the success of our children exist and that the "disparate treatment of black children in the classroom from the earliest years, especially black boys," discourages them, often knocking them off the path to college, "and burdens them with an emotional toll they don't deserve."
In discussing programs that work, Edelman said, Strayhorn "emphasized the need for positive interventions based on proven designs — because in his program evaluation experience, he's seen far too many well-intentioned efforts that lacked a measurable impact because good ideas weren't well implemented."
Is that our problem in Fayette County: good ideas that aren't well implemented? Or is it that we talk good game but don't follow through? Either way is very damaging to our children.
P.G. Peeples, president and CEO of the Lexington Fayette County Urban League, was a member of the Equity Task Force in 1994 and was an original member of the Equity Council when it was formed. He said he attended the equity meeting last week when Roy Woods expressed the frustrations of the council. It was déjà vu.
The lack of proven results in narrowing achievement differences, in lowering suspension rates, and in creating and equitable atmosphere in the school system has to fall in the lap of the school board, Peeples said.
"They are more concerned with adult issues than what is related to our kids," he said. "It must emanate from the board that they are serious about equity."
Groundhog days. Same old story: one step forward, two steps back. Use whatever phrase you want to describe the situation. The best phrase, however, will be "We have fixed this once and for all."
It shouldn't take another 20 years for us to say that.
The council will meet with the school board on Oct. 13. Maybe we ought to be there.


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The rapper had promised that if anyone could figure out the title of his seventh album they would get tickets to 'Season 3' and a free pair of Yeezys.
However, the 38-year-old has changed his album title more times than we change our socks in an average week, meaning that it would be near impossible to pinpoint the exact name.
While everyone hurled out their wildest predictions in hope of striking lucky and getting their hands on the beloved sneakers, it was 20-year-old Dante Holley who guessed the acronym: The Life Of Pablo.
Sticking by his word, Kanye sent the prize and Holley is now the proud owner of a pair of Yeezy trainers – the footwear designed by the man himself.
Even though the fan, a rapper and producer from New Jersey, is undeniably chuffed with his pre$ent, he hopes to highlight an important cause with them.
Speaking to Newsbeat, he explained: "Kids would die over these shoes. Someone right now would jump me to take these shoes from me.
"I want to show kids that they're just a materialistic thing."
To make his point, he has pledged to run a 5km race in them, in the hope of raising more awareness of gun violence.
"Can you imagine someone running a marathon in these luxurious nice shoes?" he laughed.
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In spite of all of this, Holley hasn't actually opened the box in which the trainers arrived yet, instead he has saved the grand unveiling for a live stream on Periscope on April 2nd.
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St. James won a third straight golf title Tuesday afternoon in Hilton Head. Lead by South Carolina commit Smith Knaffle who paced the Sharks attack with a two day total of 139. Knaffle won the individual state title. Jordan White finished third with a two day total of 152. St. James beat Daniels by five strokes, while Hartsville finished third.
School officials held a surprise welcome home Tuesday night at the school. A police escort with the Ladies celebrating their accomplishments with students and facility. Good news for St. James, most of the team is scheduled to return next season.